"I never would have thought that Uzumaki would have beaten that Hyuuga kid," said Gaara slightly impressed.
"He wouldn't have if he didn't use his tenant's chakra," replied Arashi unimpressed.
"Yes, well you better be careful because you will be fighting him in your next match and you will need to be careful of his tenant's power," said Gaara.
"Yeah right, I could always just seal away his tenant's chakra," said Arashi not worried in the least.
"You know tou-san said not to reveal that your knowledge of seals at all," said Gaara as he watched his biological sister and some lazy boy face off in the next match.
"Actually, tou-san has given me permission to reveal our true power if we have to win our fights," said Arashi with a smirk.
"Interesting," said Gaara with a predatory smile.
"You still can't kill the Uchiha," said Arashi as he laughed at the depressed look on Gaara's face.
"Don't worry you may not be able to kill the arrogant bastard, but you can still beat him to an inch of his life," said Arashi patting Gaara on the shoulder.
"That won't be too hard," said Gaara with a small smirk.
"I may not like the Uchiha, but even I can't deny that his eyes are incredibly powerful. How are you so sure that you can beat him so easily?" asked Arashi.
"Tou-san has trained me specifically to battle any Uchiha, because of that I have found a way to counter their doujutsu. Another reason why I'm not worried about losing is because I will not let someone has been given a free ride his whole life beat me. If it weren't for his so called noble bloodline do you think they would have postponed our fight?" said Gaara.
"Wow, never heard you talk so much in one go," laughed Arashi. Gaara just smacked his brother upside the head for that comment, but couldn't help the small smirk that came upon his face.
"It seems the shadow user has won," said Gaara changing the subject.
"So it seems," said Arashi. Gaara and Arashi were both surprised when the shadow user had forfeited and even sweat dropped at his stupid reason for doing it.
"Well that was anticlimactic," said Arashi.
"Pay attention to the next fight, tou-san warned us that the Aburame's are deadly opponents to anybody," said Gaara.
"Except you and your damn armor of sand," grumbled Arashi before turning to watch the Aburame fight against the puppet user.
Shino vs. Kankuro
"Begin," said Genma. Kankuro instantly summoned Karasu to battle while Shino just stood still calmly not showing any emotion on his face.
'He uses bugs to absorb chakra so can't get too close to him, good thing I use puppets,' thought Kankuro as he had Karasu attack Shino. Shino calmly dodged all of Karasu attacks and started to release some bugs into the ground unnoticed by Kankuro. Grabbing one of his kunai he threw it at Kankuro who used Karasu to deflect the projectile, which gave Shino to use his jutsu.
"Mushi Bunshin no Jutsu," said Shino before he was surrounded by a cloud of bugs. When the bugs settled down there were now three Shino calmly staring at Kankuro and his puppet.
"Make as many clones of yourself as you can, but it won't help because I won't be beat by some weak leaf genin," said Kankuro before continuing his attack upon Shino. Karasu started to attack all three Shino fiercely, but just like before Shino made no move to take the offensive move and merely kept evading all of Karasu's attacks to the best of his abilities. He didn't count on Karasu being able to detach it's arms and the two clones of his were defeated. Kankuro just grinned at his success, but for some reason he was having trouble controlling his puppet and it felt like he was losing chakra rapidly.
"Damn it, where did those bugs come from," growled Kankuro as he looked down at his feet and noticed bugs all over his legs.
"Give up and I will call them back otherwise they will continue to devour your chakra until you have passed out," said Shino talking for the first time during the fight.
"I won't lose to some weak leaf genin," growled Kankuro before using his puppet to attack Shino. Unfortunately, his chakra was so low that he couldn't control his puppet as well as before and Shino was easily able to dodge his puppets attempts at injuring him. A few minutes later, Kankuro fell to his knees and was about to pass out from chakra exhaustion and his puppet stopped attacking Shino. Shino calmly turned his back on Karasu and turned to face Kankuro as he struggled to keep himself from passing out, but that was his fatal mistake.
"Fool," said Kankuro before his puppet released a poisonous cloud of gas at Shino that he wasn't able to avoid. Shino started to cough before he fell to the ground unconscious from the poison that was no in his system. Genma was about to call Kankuro the winner, but he passed out right after Shino did.
"Looks like a draw, no winner," said Genma before the medics came and carried off each contestant.
"Next match is between Higurashi Gaara and Uchiha Sasuke, contestants please come down," said Genma.
Kage's Box
"Let's hope the Uchiha shows up this time," said Naruto as he drank his sake.
"He will be given five minutes to show up or be disqualified," said the Sandaime as he watched Gaara appear down in the stadium in a swirl of sand.
'The brat better show up,' thought the fake Kazekage.
"You seem confident that Gaara will win," said the Raikage.
"Well he is my son, so I do know his abilities," said Naruto trying to get a rise out of the Kazekage even it was Orochimaru.
"We shall see who son's he is when the tournament is over," replied the Kazekage.
"Sounds like a challenge, I look forward to it," said Naruto intentionally angering both the Kazekage and Raikage.
'He truly must be related to Arashi to be so daring as to aggravate two kage level shinobi,' thought the Sandaime as he hid his smirk.
"Oh look, the Uchiha is here," said Naruto with false excitement.
Down in the arena
"Glad you could show up Kakashi," said Genma sarcastically.
"Sorry about that, but we got lost on the road of life," said Kakashi with a smile.
"I will deal with you after I deal with your precious Uchiha," said Gaara coldly at Kakashi whom merely raised an eyebrow at Gaara before disappearing in a swirl of leaves.
"You both ready," asked Genma. Sasuke just sneered while Gaara just uncorked his gourd.
"Begin," said Genma. Sasuke blurred out of existence and started to barrage Gaara with a flurry of kicks and punches, but he couldn't get past Gaara's sand defense.
'Interesting, it seems he was able to copy Lee's speed,' thought Gaara as Sasuke seemed to get faster and faster.
In the Stands
"Impressive, you must have been training Sasuke hard," said Kurenai as she watched the fight.
"Yes, only a month and he as fast as Lee," said Gai glaring at Kakashi.
"You say something," said Kakashi ignoring Gai as he read his book.
Back in the arena
Sasuke was getting angry because he was finally able to get past Gaara's sand defense, but he wasn't able to land any direct hits on Gaara because of that damn armor protecting him. He started to perform some hand seals before placing his hand near his mouth and blowing out a huge fireball.
"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu," said Sasuke as he breathed a huge fireball at Gaara. Gaara just stood still as a large wall of sand sprung blocking the attack. Sasuke took the opportunity to get behind Gaara and was about to deliver a hard kick to the back of Gaara's head, but he didn't count on blocking his attack by raising his arm. Gaara then grabbed his leg and threw him at the wall of glass, which had formed the fireball attack hitting his sand. Sasuke crashed threw the glass and was cut in multiple places.
"Fool, did you think that just because I used sand as a defense that I didn't know any taijutsu," said Gaara looking down upon the Uchiha. Sasuke slowly stood up holding his left arm that was cut up worse then any other part of his body. He merely glared at Gaara hatefully, and at how he was beating him so easily.
"Pathetic, I expected more from the famous Uchiha," said Gaara purposely trying to anger Sasuke.
"If it weren't for that damn sand of yours, you would be nothing," sneered Sasuke as he glared at Gaara with red eyes.
"I'll humor you Uchiha and not use my sand to block your attacks," said Gaara letting his armor of sand fall off his body. Every ninja in the stadium, felt the huge chakra surge come from Gaara as his armor of sand fell off his body. Sasuke was actually trembling in fear not believing at how much chakra was coming off Gaara.
Kage's Box
"Incredible," said the Sandaime in awe.
"Such power," said the Kazekage with a greedy look.
"His armor of sand doesn't just protect him from physical attacks, but it contains his true power," said Naruto with a smirk. Gaara's power was easily at ANBU level, but he was told to keep it in check during the tournament until the finals match. Lucky for him, everyone believed that it was the Bijuu's power that he was giving off because of the demonic feel to it. That couldn't be helped though because even though Naruto extracted the Bijuu from Gaara and Yugito they still had inherited some of the Bijuu's power.
Down in the arena
"What's the matter Uchiha, are you scared?" asked Gaara staring into the red eyes of the Uchiha.
"I will kill you for mocking the power of the Uchiha," growled Sasuke before he engaged Gaara in a taijutsu fight. Gaara easily matched Uchiha's speed and was able to block every punch and kick that the Uchiha sent at him. They soon landed across from each with Gaara's arms crossed his chest looking bored, while Sasuke was breathing heavily.
'Why can't I predict his movements?' thought Sasuke angrily.
"Mad cause your eyes aren't working, that because you're not staring into my real eyes," said Gaara with a smirk.
"What are you talking about?" growled Sasuke.
"What you are looking at is my sand that has shaped itself into the form of eyes. My real eyes are actually closed and I'm using the sand to see you," said Gaara before blurring out of existence and pummeling Sasuke with a barrage of punches and kicks.
In the stands
"It seems you're student has lost Kakashi," said Gai with a smirk.
"We'll see, he still has an ace up his sleeve," said Kakashi but deep down he knew his student didn't stand a chance.
In the Kage Box
'Come Sasuke use the seal and become my slave,' thought the Kazekage with a grin.
"I'm kind of disappointed, I heard so much about the last Uchiha, but it seems it was exaggerated," said Naruto as he sipped his sake.
"I agree, I expected more as well," said the Raikage not realizing he had agreed with the man he loathed.
"You agree with me Raikage, oh I am so overjoyed to hear that, and I thought you didn't like me," said Naruto slapping the Raikage on the arm in a friendly gesture. The Raikage just glared at Naruto who just smiled at him and his killing intent spiked causing Naruto to smirk even more.
'Too easy,' thought Naruto happily.
With Kagome
"It seems that the Uchiha doesn't stand a chance against you son," said Hana speaking to Kagome.
"Gaara-nii-chan is the best," yelled Aiko happily.
"Tou-san, how is it Gaara is able to beat the Uchiha so easily," asked Hanabi curious.
"The Uchiha's have always been too arrogant for their own good, and the Uchiha is being beat because he is weak just like the rest of his clan was," said Hiashi coldly. If you couldn't tell he was enjoying the beat down Sasuke was getting immensely and was actually smiling in public as the fight continued.
"I wish Gaara-kun would just finish the fight already," said Kagome.
Back in the Arena
Gaara was once again standing calmly across from Sasuke without only a few bruises on his arms, but otherwise perfectly fine. Sasuke on the other hand was bleeding from numerous cuts and bruises from repeatedly being introduced to his new friend Mr. Dirt.
"Give up Uchiha you can't win," said Gaara. Sasuke just growled before rapidly performing some hand seals and bracing his right arm with his left arm. Gaara just watched as Sasuke started to form a ball of lightning in his hand and then smirked at Gaara.
'So this is the infamous Chidori that tou-san told me about,' thought Gaara before he thought of the perfect way to humiliate the Uchiha brat and started to form a Suna Bunshin in the shadow of the stadium.
"Chidori," screamed Sasuke before taking off at Gaara as fast he could. Gaara just stood still as Sasuke got closer and soon Sasuke was right in front of him and plunged the Chidori right into his chest where his heart was. Sasuke just smiled as he thought he had won, but Gaara just smirked at him before dissolving in sand and wrapping itself around his body.
Gaara heard a cry in the stands and turned to see his little crying at what happened while his mother tried to calm her down. He was somewhat mad at himself because he made his sister cry, but would go see her after he finished his fight to apologize.
"You lose Uchiha," said Gaara appearing from the shadows. Sasuke struggled to get free, but failed and the sand was covering his whole body except for his head. Gaara knew that keeping Sasuke alive was vital for his tou-san's plans so he couldn't kill him, but that didn't mean he couldn't inflict some pain on him.
"Sabaku Sōsō," said Gaara before Genma could call the match. He instantly broke the bones in Sasuke's legs and arms. Sasuke screamed in pain before falling to the ground unable to move even as the sand went back to Gaara's gourd.
"Winner Higurashi Gaara," said Genma as he watched the medics cart away the injured Uchiha. The crowd just stared in shock as their precious Uchiha was beaten so easily and effortlessly. Once again, the Hyuuga section of the stands started to cheer, but they were the only ones to cheer.
Kage's Box
"Wow, what a fight heh Kazekage-sama?" said Naruto elbowing the Kazekage in the side with a smile.
"Yes, most impressive," said the Kazekage trying to hold in his anger. That boy had almost killed his Uchiha and then his plans would have been ruined. The Hidden Village of Time was becoming a thorn so now he planned to help the Raikage kill the Tokikage then take care of the Sandaime.
"Well onto the semi finals," cheered Naruto.
"We will have a 15 minute intermission and then the first match of the semi-finals will start," said the Sandaime.
"Oh, well that works too," said Naruto cheerfully. He was in such a good mood because both the Kazekage and Raikage were extremely pissed at him and that just made him so happy.
In the Stands
"Hello Aiko-cha," said Gaara appearing behind her. Aiko immediately turned around and glomped her nii-chan.
"Gaara-nii-chan, I was so worried that that mean Uchiha had hurt you," cried Aiko on Gaara's shoulder as he held her.
"Shh, don't worry, I am perfectly fine see," said Gaara trying to calm his little sister down. Kagome just smiled as Gaara comforted his little sister, Aiko just seemed to be able to bring out Gaara and Kimimaro's soft side.
"Congratulations on your win Gaara. You made my husbands day the way you handled the Uchiha boy," said Hana smiling at the boy.
"Thank you," said Gaara as his sister finally calmed down. Gaara stayed a little bit longer, but then left to join Arashi in the waiting area.
With Arashi
"Hey what is your brother's problem?" asked Naruto angrily.
"What are you talking about Uzumaki?" asked Arashi bored.
"You know damn well what I am talking about, he almost kill Sasuke-teme," yelled Naruto.
"You're extremely loud you know," said Arashi tired of the boy already.
"After I beat you, I am going to teach your brother a lesson not to hurt my friends," said Naruto with determination.
"The day you are able to beat me is the day the world ends," replied Arashi as he laughed at the boy's statement.
"I promise to teach you and your brother, believe it," said Naruto with a fire burning in his eyes before he stomped off.
"Promise do you, we shall see about that Uzumaki," said Arashi with a smirk.
"It seems you and Uzumaki are getting along well," said Gaara appearing besides his brother.
"Yeah right, he is upset at your for hospitalizing his teammate and as sworn to make us both pay," said Arashi.
"Interesting, but I'm afraid I have some news that you might want to know," said Gaara catching his brother's attention.
"What is that?" asked Arashi curious.
"Tou-san had Naraku create one of his demon puppets to pose as a sound ninja and attack the Sandaime during your match," said Gaara.
"Damn it, I really wanted to beat that boy down too. I guess I will just have to take it easy on him so I'll be prepared to guard Aiko-chan and Kaa-san during the invasion," said Arashi.
"You are to protect the civilians in the stadium with the rest of the leaf ninja while I protect Kaa-san and Aiko-chan," said Gaara.
"Yes, so even if I don't get to beat up the Uzumaki boy at least I will be able to fight some cloud ninjas," cheered Arashi with a smile on his face.
"Will Higurashi Arashi and Uzumaki Naruto please come down to the arena. The semi-finals are about to start," announced Genma.
"Stay safe nii-chan and you better not let Kaa-san or Aiko-chan get hurt otherwise Kimimaro-nii-chan will kill you," said Arashi before jumping down to the stadium.
"Not a single enemy will lay a finger on either of them," replied Gaara seriously as he watched his brother leave.
Author's note: I know some of you may think we made Gaara and Arashi too powerful, but I only have one thing to say about that. If Itachi and Kakashi can become ANBU captains before the age 14 then it is possible for anyone else too as well. That is my logic, got to love simple logic . Oh and probably won't be updating for a little while because might be going out of town for awhile, but we'll see. Take care and thanks for the reviews.
Jutsu List
Mushi Bunshin no Jutsu - Bug Clone Technique
Sabaku Sōsō - Desert Funeral